Holiday Fun

Last week to concluded our Christmas Decorating weekend we baked some gingerbread cookies as a family. Anyone with little ones knows that can be a bit challenging, but my superstar husband and I make a great team. We used a great recipes featured in REAL SIMPLE magazine(December 2008). The cookies came out wonderfully perfect and we all enjoyed them very much.

Hard at Work

I love the sight of my husband in my kitchen

Ready to cut

Let the decorating begin

Enjoying

the fruits of their Labor

The Zoo

Of all the things my beloved husband could have done on his birthday, he chose to take our family to the Zoo. I would have picked a day out on the town with fine dinning and lots of shopping, but not my selfless counterpart. The kind man that he is, he desired for the whole family to enjoy themselves. Well, enjoy ourselves we did. Our boys got a kick out of seeing animals they had only read about. We soaked up some sun and added some more wonderful family memories to our stash.

Another attempt at a new start...

I always make a million excuses why I can't find the time to return to blogging...

children,

functions,

housework,

the list goes on....

Well, I decided to put the reasons behind me because

my life is flying by

and I want to share it and have a

nice place to keep my memories safe.

The End of an Era

So like when any kid graduates high school, they look for a job to get on their feet. I had my eyes set on STARBUCKS COFFEE COMPANY. I was in LOVE with the Mocha Frappuccino, so I thought that I'd like to work there. My big brother Joel worked for the company and I wanted to follow in his footsteps. A few days after I graduated, I was hired. Thus I embarked on what would be a decade of Frappuccino making. It's hard to see my life without Starbucks. It was there when I graduated from UCLA. It was the first called I made to share the news that Erik and I got engaged. It was Starbucks I went to to take

pre-wedding pics with all my bridesmaids. Starbucks hung a banner on it's window's congratulating me on the birth of my first born. It has always been there. I love Starbucks. I love the people I met there and the friends I made. It's a part of me. It was difficult to decided to leave, but I knew it was time. I'm in such a new season in my life and am excited to see where I'm heading. Starbucks will always be a part of me, I just won't be apart of it anymore.

Here's to the next great adventure...

STAY TUNED

The 3 o'clock Crunch

Every day around 3 o'clock I get a little crazy. Why? Well...because dinner needs to be prepared. My baby get home just before 5pm and I want a warm, yummy, homemade meal for my hard working honey on the table when he arrives. This usually happens, but some days I need to jump through hoops to get there. Depending on my mornings, I sometimes have to change dinner plans at the last minute because I forgot to defrost the meat I needed for that meal or I'm off to run to the market because I forgot I didn't have an avocado. I really dislike those afternoons. So I normally try to keep in real and get dinner started early so I'm not running around like a woman with her head chopped off. Today is one of those days that I didn't get started early. Lasagna was on the menu, but it doesn't look like I'm going to have enough time to make my marinara sauce to get the lasagna on the table. Maybe I'll just do rice and beans...one of my fall back items. I guess I should get to it! Bon Appetit.

Motherhood

I have been blessed to be a mother for almost 3 years now. The experience has been so many different things at so many different times. I suppose that, just like with all things you anticipate, you have somewhat of an idea of what to expect. I've watched my own mother in action my whole life as she raised 6 children with my father, so I am aware of the basics. I have always envision myself raising a family, being an amazing mom. When Erik and I got married we knew that we wanted to start our family right away and I would be a stay-at-home mom. I never questioned it. So now, 4 years after Erik and I wed, we have two young children, and I am full filling my desires to raise my little guys full time. It is such a joy and a privilege. They are amazing little wonders and I can't believe God has entrusted them to me. That's the scary part sometimes. When I think about the weight of the responsibility, I am so humbled and feel so inadequate. I know that I need to remember that God doesn't question my abilities. He knows what I am capable of. I am encouraged to stand up to the daily challenges that motherhood brings. With all the things I thought motherhood would be, I never expected how sacrificial it would be. God knows the journey ahead of me and He faithfully equips me properly. For that my heart is full of gratitude. Thank you Lord for blessing me with these gifts and for providing the proper tools to get the job done right.

On Sabatical...

I took an unscheduled break for awhile. Many things happened all at one time and I just couldn't find the time to update my blog. Here are my series of Fortunate events...


1. I started reading the Twilight series...need I say more? Every moment I possible could pull it off, I was running to get my books and read. I just LOVE these books. No time for blogging.

2. I packed up our life in Burbank to move into our new home.

4. The Holidays happened.

3. We moved into my parents house for 38 days while we were making our new home livable. Crazy, but great at the same time!

4. We had to unpack our home and get our lives back in order. I never knew how hard that would be with two little adventurous boys.
5. Lastly, my camera broke. I have no idea when I'll get a new one either. It stinks!

These are all my excuses for not blogging, but I want back in the game so keep your eyes opened so see what's new over here!